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Detroit Water and Sewerage DepartmentRemote
Four consecutive committee meetings — Same Zoom link
To attend online: https://cityofdetroit.zoom.us/j/81572635118
1:00 p.m. - Finance
1:45 p.m. - Capital Improvement Program and Operations
2:00 p.m. - Customer Service
2:15 p.m. - Human Resources / Organizational Development
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Reporting
Edited and summarized by the Detroit - MI Documenters Team
DWSD says call center service has improved, but abandoned calls have risen and they've lost another two operators.
DWSD says call center service has improved, but abandoned calls have risen and they've lost another two operators.
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11:40 AM Sep 7, 2022 CDT
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The Board of Water Commissioners will host three committee meetings, back to back. They all use the same online meeting ID.
We’ll publish more notes, recordings and archived materials: detroit.documenters.org/assignments/al…
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Finance: dwsd.legistar.com/MeetingDetail.… … https://t.co/V5Fax5OOvS
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Human Resources/Organizational Development: dwsd.legistar.com/MeetingDetail.… https://t.co/t2MElL9xqn
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Sonja Stuckey took notes on the last Board of Water Commissioners meeting: detroit.documenters.org/assignments/bo…
And Paul Warner live-tweeted: twitter.com/PauldubbWarner…
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• @einheuser, chair
• Mary Blackmon, vice chair
• Jane Garcia
• John Henry Davis
• @jkin5022
• Lane Coleman
• Linda Forte
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✉️ At 1:07 p.m., the board proceeds to communications. There’s one item: A report of the department’s small-dollar purchases for this month. They approve to receive and file this report. dwsd.legistar.com/LegislationDet…
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Rahman introduces Brian Quinn, who will present. Quinn says inflation and the Federal Reserve has restricted what DWSD can invest in. https://t.co/ezLJTC5UTI
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Brian Quinn is the senior managing consultant at PFM Asset Management. https://t.co/42T5XrkUKs
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Now the planning calendar. Timothy St. Andrew from Plant Moran is here to talk about the timeline for a June 30 financial audit. They expect to start field work on Oct. 3, which would happen for six weeks.
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👤 Roll call: All commissioners are present.
The board approves this committee’s agenda and the minutes from its previous meeting on Aug. 3.
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👤 Roll call: Everyone present from before is still here.
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📣 At 2:39 p.m., the board proceeds to hear public comments! Pospiech says there are no commenters present.
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📊 Patricia Thornhill presents an HR metrics report. She says they have 24 new hires. https://t.co/I2YxNF71rd
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She says only eight DWSD employees have are in COVID-19 quarantine. However, they’re still closely monitoring cases after a peak in cases in January. https://t.co/yvFYqRThVr
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DWSD’s Board of Water Commissioners will meet again on Sep. 21: dwsd.legistar.com/MeetingDetail.…
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Detroit Water and Sewerage Department
Detroit Water and Sewerage Department (DWSD) is one of the largest water and sewer utilities in the United States, serving more than 200,000 Detroit residential and commercial accounts that includes a city population of nearly 680,000. DWSD’s water network consists of more than 2,700 miles of transmission and distribution mains and nearly 3,000 miles of sewer collection piping.
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